The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-17

serve catcher.
THERE will be a meeting of the stock
holders of the baseball association at the
Golden Fleece this evening. Let there be
full attendance.
w. b. F1NNEY, the new umpire, is the
" best yet by large majority He is
quick to see, impartial, of excellent judg-
ment and constantly good-natured, and he
knows how.
IT was hard work stealing second. Fow-
Ter was present nearly every time" Moore
and Jones did good work for the visitors,
though only one man failed to hit Moore"
" Anything that goes near "Stick " is gone
said a spectator" Fowler, Aldrich and
Walker did some hitting for the visitors -
Messenger.
ST. ALBANs will play here again Friday
and an exciting game is assured. The last
game here between st. Adams and Mont
pelier resulted in the remarkable score
of three to two, and the ten to six
game between them at st. Albans Saturday
was hardly less interesting. Fridays game
begins at half-past three P. NJ.
MONTPELIER is the best baseball town in
the Northeastern League. The receipts at
Mondays game were upwards of Sl05, equal
to the largest receipts at any game in Bur-
lington this season. The smallest amount
taken at any game thus far was in the
neighborhood of $40, and that when almost
the entire game was played in drizzling
rain. AT Burlington the receipts at a single
game have been as low as S25.
AT Malone Friday Montpelier held the
lead until the fifth inning and was then de-
feated by a score of eighteen to eight.
Aldrich was batted out of the box in the
sixth and Fowler was substituted Maloney
made several costly errors at first and is
accused by some of doing so Intentionally,
but is generally believed to have been more
sinned against than SHINING. The story of
defeat is told in the simple sentence,
Montpelier got ratified"
THE players of the Binghamton club have
each been fined $50 by the directors for hav-
ing refused to go upon the field six weeks
ago unless Fowler, the colored second base
man, was removed. - Boston Herdld. The
" colored gentleman " in question is the
present phenomenal second baseman of the
Montpeliers, and the above is a most de-
cided compliment for him. Considering his
superiority as a base-balist, it is reasonable
to suppose that jealousy and not prejudice
against color influenced the weak fellows of
the Binghamton club
GAMES of the past week: Wednesday-
Malone defeated Burlington at Burlington,
ten to five. Thursddy-M Montpelier defeated
Malone at Montpelier eleven to seven st.
Albans-Rutland game at Rutland postponed
on account of rain. F'riddy- Burlington
defeated st. Adams at Burlington six to
four; Malone defeated Montpelier at Malone,
eighteen to nine. Sdt,rddy-St. Adams
defeated Montpelier at st. Adams, ten to six
Monddy-Montpelie defeated Burlington at
Montpelier, eleven to two TueSddy-St.
Adams defeated Burlington at St. Albans,
fourteen to two; Rutland defeated Mont
pelier at Rutland, thirteen to four.
SATURDAY st. Adams defeated Montpelier
| for the fourth time, but il was a close and
exciting struggle for victory most of the
| way, and the loss occurred in the fifth in
ming, when st. Albans piled up five runs.
There was some fine hitting done on both
sides and the fielding at times was brilliant.
Aldrich did great work in center and Fowler
captured the crowd by his fine playing.
Barrett and Roche were the battery for ST.
| Adams and Moore and Jones for Mont
! pelier. AT times Moore was very effective
and he had good support in Jones' The
score by innings was as follows
lnnngs...,... ........... l
MoatpsiIsr sf; ASans - SGsSG s--lS
Earned runs-St. Albans, four; Montpelier,
three. Base on called balls Rudderham,
Long. Struck out-By Barrett, seven; by
Moore, one. Passed balls-Roche, three
Jones, two. Wild pitch--Moore, two. Two
base hits-Koons, Aldrich and Walker.
Home run-Mulligan. Time of game-two
hours, fifteen minutes. Umpire-Finney.
MONTPELIER has won two games during
the past week. Thursday the boys met the
! NldlOutS Oll lllt NlcuOldS UltduOW anu van
qushed them, with a score of eleven to
seven. 1t sprinkled most of the time during
the first six innings and the ball was con-
sequently very hard to hold or control.
The visitors were blanked in the first four
| innings, while Montpelier secured one run
in the first, three in the third and one in
! the fourth. Perrin, who pitched for Malone
during these innings, was then relieved by
Stafford who proved more effective. Walker
pitched great game and as usual was all
over the field. Only two or three hits out
! side the diamond were made off his curves
Jones fully sustained his reputation as a
superior catcher. There is none better in this
league. Fowler played wonderful second
being credited with seven put-outs and five
assists. without error. Maloney was all
right at first and batted heavily. OF the
rest James Cunningham was the only one
credited with an error and all played finely
The batting of the home team was unusually
heavy. Here is the score by innings, with
a brief summary of the game:
Innings. ....... ? 1 ! S 9
Montpelier ,'',.... al
Earned runs-Maone two; Montpelier, one
Three-base hits-Harrington Jones. Two
James Cunningham Double play-Walkei
to Fowler to Maloney. First base on called
balls-Malone, five; Montpelier, five. Hi
by pitched ball-Malone, three. Struck
out-By Perrin, one; by Stafford, three; by
Walker, three. Passed bals-Dowse, three
Harris, three; Jones, three. Wild pitch
Walker. Time of game-two hours, fifty
minutes. Umpire-Tracy.
MONTPELIER base-ballists won their third
game from the Queen City nine on Monday
of this week. To be sure the first two
didn't count officially, as victories, because
the tenth mantle umpire-didn't choose
to have them do so, but that fourteen
inning game with the Burlingtons on thai
memorable Tuesday, the 18th of July last
was none the less a victory for Montpelier
which has also beaten the Burlington min,
fairly on its own ground once. Monday tn,
tenth man was missing and in his place
stood impartial Umpire Finney. The resul
was just what everybody expected ant
went to see. Burlington went into the field
and Montpelier batted out two runs. The1
they changed places and Burlington go
one. Secondly Montpelier pounded tn,
sphere for five runs more and Burlington
got one more run-and their last, for hel
share in what was left of the game wa,
equal to nothing more or less, than nine
"goose eggs" Meanwhile Montpelier
score continued to increase without mucl
effort until the number reached eleven
The Burlngtons couldn't hit Walker safely
and the way he struck Kennedy out--one
two, three, four-after four balls were
called was a caution. He had eleven as
sists to his credit, and in fact about the only